The world’s most prestigious football (soccer to Americans) extravaganza will kick off on 11 June 2026. The quadrennial competition for the 23rd FIFA…
Author: Ashis Banerjee
I qualified at medical school forty years ago and used to be an emergency doctor in London. I have no affiliations of any sort. At a time of information overload and "fake news" I believe there is a place for unbiased evidence, free from opinions. Opinions are for people to form based on facts. I am tired of pointless and time-consuming debate over information readily available in the public domain.
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The Ebola Outbreak in East Africa: A Major Public Health Challenge in an Impoverished and Unstable Region
On 15 May 2026, an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was confirmed by…
On 21 May 2026, four out of seven members of the Trump-appointed U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the design for a 250-foot-high…
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President Trump’s Second State Visit to China, Amidst the Ascendancy of the World’s Second-Largest Economy
President Donald J. Trump stepped off Air Force One at Beijing Capital International Airport, at around 8:00 PM local time on 12 May…
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The Elections of 7 May 2026 and The Continued Decline of the Two-Party System in British Politics
Voters cast their ballots on 7 May 2026 for 136 local authorities in England and for the devolved legislatures of Scotland (the Scottish…
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A Hantavirus Outbreak at Sea, and the Challenges of Dealing with Spreading Infections on Board Cruise Ships
MV Hondius, a “purpose-built vessel for polar expedition cruising”, departed the Argentinian port of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, on 1…
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The State Visit of King Charles III to America: Salvaging the Anglo-American “Special Relationship”
King Charles III, on his 20th visit to the US and also his first as reigning British monarch and head of the Commonwealth,…
The political status of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago of isolated, sparsely-populated, treeless, and windswept islands in the South Atlantic, located 300 miles east…
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Insider Trading: Allegations of Profiting from Non-Public Information in Commodity and Prediction Markets
The summary of an investigation by Nick Marsh, a BBC business reporter, entitled ‘The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump’s presidency’, was released…
The totally unacceptable practice of lining the corridors and packing the waiting rooms of crowded British emergency departments with patients on chairs and…